Слайд 3The process of man's cognition of the world is connected with traveling.
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Слайд 4In the XVII century in the Middle East there have been found
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clay tablets with cuneiform inscriptions, confirming the existence of the great centers of world culture - Mesopotamia.
Слайд 12Before the journey people were making rituals and sacrifices.
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Слайд 13Mesopotamia was low on natural resources and they needed to trade for
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many of their day-to-day items.
Some of the things they traded were:
Grain,
Oils and textiles,
Wine,
Precious metals and stones.
Слайд 14Money wasn't used to trade goods and services. The Mesopotamians used the
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barter system instead.
They developed a writing system to keep track of buying and selling.
Scribes kept accurate records of business transactions by writing on clay tablets. Business contracts were sealed with a cylinder wheel.
Слайд 15Ur, a city-state in Sumer, was a major center for commerce and
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trade.
Слайд 16People traveled from some parts of Mesopotamia to completely different regions such
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as Babylonia, Assyria, and Sumeria.
Слайд 17They also had different means of transport for different types of goods.
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Слайд 18The Mesopotamians more often traded by sea then by land. Some of
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their sea-ways of transport were rafts, coracles, river boats, and gulf boats.
Слайд 19The Tigris and Euphrates rivers made transport of goods easy and economical.
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Слайд 20By land, there were only a few possibilities: On foot, by donkey,
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or by Cart.